Rain will begin falling on all areas by Tuesday evening and a flood watch is also in effect for the entire region through 2 p.m. on Thursday.

Greater New Yorkers should prepare to get wet if they’re outside on Wednesday. Rain will fall steadily through the day and night as the front approaches and passes over the tri-state area. Highs on Wednesday will be in the upper 40s, possibly hitting 50 degrees in New York City. These temperatures will feel even cooler thanks to a strong easterly wind at around 20 miles an hour.

Showers will get more intense as the day goes on, with the heaviest rainfall occurring late Wednesday afternoon and Wednesday evening. By the evening commute rainfall totals will be well over an inch in southwest zones and just under an inch elsewhere; urban areas could be dealing with flooding by this time as well.

Rain will continue through the night and thunderstorms could develop after midnight as the temperatures rises back into the upper 50s in the early morning hours. Heavy rain could linger across eastern Connecticut and Long Island through the Thursday morning commute, otherwise the day will be dry and warm, with highs in the lower 70s.